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Originally Posted by aklim
How about another option? Fine the hell out of those who knowingly hire them? Sprinkle in some jail time too
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And just who is to determine "knowingly". I read recently of a dairy farmer in the upper midwest who has been pushed to the brink of, if not into, bankruptcy when the INS descended on his farm, arrested he and his son and carted off his entire labor force of illegals. He had bent over backwards to document the legality of this labor force; had gone so far as to present each one's documentation to his local INS office for validation prior to hiring. If INS personnel can be hoodwinked by forged documents, how the bloody h_ll is reasonable to hold an employer liable.
I certainly don't disagree that an illegal is by definition a criminal. However, this problem has been allowed to fester for so long that finding a humane solution will not be easy.
Jim